This week, on Right Side Up, “Safe Injection Sites”, Harm Reduction?, the Somali flag at school? And the Constitution.” Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds to steve@granitegrok.com Please like, ... Read more

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The title is a bit more provocative than the content warrants, but I chose it because it feels like a serial, and this is just one example. Our globalist progressive overlords, in their shortsighted desire to replace the voters they have with ones they think will be more to their liking, have invited – as ... Read more

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I believe it was Seymour Papert who said that often the best way to think about something is to think about something else instead.  Given how quickly and completely people’s brains tend to shut down when thinking about education, https://granitegrok.com/new-england/nh/2025/06/feeling-instead-of-thinking-about-education he may be especially right for that particular subject.  Let’s look at a couple of ... Read more

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I spoke at Vermont’s annual Liberty Food Fest on December 12 regarding the benefits of grass-fed over grain-fed beef. To spice it up a bit and keep my audience’s attention, I repurposed a nursery rhyme for the occasion. (I even sang it!) Here are the lyrics of my 2025 version of the classic children’s rhyme: ... Read more

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We are well into the morning on Christmas Day. Presents opened, coffee or hot chocolate copiously consumed, joy, etc, and I wanted to thank you for the gift of your time and attention. Many of you read GraniteGrok every day. You share the content, praise the authors, and use emails and comments to share your ... Read more

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Merry Christmas, and today, on the morning update, a story that moved me and that I had to share on this very special day. Link Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. ... Read more

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Leftist revolutionaries have long been in the habit of reworking the calendar so as to make it easier to force the population into new habits and new ways of life better suited to the revolutionaries themselves. The French revolutionaries famously abolished the usual calendar, replacing it with a ten-day week system with three weeks in each month. ... Read more

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In this installment of Granite Discourse, the guest is Grok Contributor Bronwyn Sims. Bronwyn Sims is the NH State Chapter Leader for the Walk Away movement. An organization of former Democrats that encourages voters to walk away from the Democrat Party. She is a volunteer for the NH State GOP, Cheshire County Republican Women’s group, ... Read more

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There is no denying that what happened at Brown University on December 13th was a tragedy. Two days later, the alleged shooter killed former classmate Nuno F.G. Loureiro, after which he went to a storage shed in Salem, New Hampshire, and committed suicide. That’s the official story given to the press and the public, over ... Read more

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In the past, medical judgment was underpinned by three fundamental pillars: honest observation, open debate, and the humility to acknowledge our limitations in knowledge. While these principles still thrive in the day-to-day interactions within clinics and ICU corridors, they have been increasingly overshadowed online by a chaotic environment that often prioritizes sensationalism over substance. Social ... Read more

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It’s Christmas Eve, so we’d like to wish you a Memey Christmas. To celebrate, we’ve got memes, not necessarily Christmas memes, because I didn’t get many, but I have a few, and the other memes will get you through. And make sure yo scroll to the end for something…different! . . . . . . ... Read more

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A provocative proposal out of Washington recently — one that sounds like it belongs in a history book, or maybe a pirate movie—but it’s very real. U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah has introduced legislation that would revive a long-dormant constitutional power: letters of marque and reprisal. In plain terms, the bill would allow the President of ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, the Bidenistas lost half a million “immigrant” kids whom the Trump Administration has sworn to find, whom the Dems apparently don’t want found. Links: Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We ... Read more

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In the 1960s, after just 15 years of America’s retreat from victory, surrendering to the United Nations control of our military, the John Birch Society saw the fast-approaching danger to American liberty, for they knew that United States membership in the UN was national suicide. Boldly, with their educational army only several years old, they ... Read more

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In the chilling silence of the Mashhad Intelligence Department, the sound of a telephone ringing is a rare bridge to the outside world.  On the night of December 14, 2025, that bridge materialized for the family of Alieh Motalebzadeh.  The call was short, the speakerphone was on, and a security agent stood over her, monitoring every syllable. ... Read more

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The guest this week on the Ever-Living podcast is Dr. Mary Pearson, who was born in Schenectady, New York, and raised in nearby Clifton Park. Her undergraduate degree in biology is from Union College, Schenectady, and her medical degree is from the University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Maine. She served her ... Read more

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Matriculating college kids and campus staff have been a reliable vote for the progressive left for decades. Charlie Kirk dared to preach the message of liberty and critical thinking on their propaganda plantations, and someone assassinated him for it. What followed was the ugly left and something of an ideological rupture. “You can’t win, Darth. ... Read more

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I mentioned in my last article that the governors of three of the country’s poorest-performing states aspire to be the Democratic nominee for President in 2028. California, Illinois, and Minnesota are all in a death spiral, entirely attributable to mismanagement at the top. And, by the top, I do not mean Donald Trump, even though ... Read more

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The Founding Fathers held nuanced and sometimes conflicting views on judges and the lawyer class. They valued an independent judiciary as essential to liberty and checks on power, while some expressed wariness toward lawyers as a professional group, seeing them as potentially self-interested or prone to creating an “artificial aristocracy.” Views on Judges and the ... Read more

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National School Choice Week names Education Options, aka EdOpt, an “All Star” for helping families better understand local learning options. Claremont–A non-profit organization based in Claremont is receiving national recognition for its commitment to helping parents in New Hampshire better understand the learning options available for their children.   Today, EdOpt was named an “All Star” participant in the ... Read more

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